Doctor of Medicine degree

Dr. Robert Nelson earned a Mineral Engineer of Chemistry degree at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver Colorado.He completed his residency at the Navy Regional Medical Center in San Diego, California.Dr. Nelson practiced in Moses Lake before moving to Hoquiam, Washington, where he managed his own practice.He is certi,ed by the American Board of Urology, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.Dr. Nelson and wife Koni have two Scottish Terriers, Fergus and Sassy.Dr. Nelson enjoys motorcycling, traveling, cooking, and spending time with Koni.They are delighted to be living in Moses Lake again.

"I was a military brat so it's hard to be ‘from' anywhere.We moved around an awful lot, but I spent most of my life in Colorado.That's where I went to junior high, high school, college and medical school."

He lost both his parents when he was young.His father, a career Army officer, died when Robert was a young boy and his mother died from breast cancer shortly after he entered high school in 1964.Her death sparked an interest an interest in medicine, but he was also interested in engineering.

"I was a military brat so it's hard to be ‘from' anywhere.
We moved around an awful lot, but I spent most of my life in Colorado.
That's where I went to junior high, high school, college and medical school."

He lost both his parents when he was young.
His father, a career Army officer, died when Robert was a young boy and his mother died from breast cancer shortly after he entered high school in 1964.
Her death sparked an interest an interest in medicine, but he was also interested in engineering.